Garter



C. B. NAMIOT GARTER Filed `Au. '24. 1925 lNvENroR ATroRNEY y` UNiTED ESPatented July 19, 1927.`

i CHARLES B. NAMIOT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARTER.

Applicationiiiea August 24, 1925; serial Nq. 51,911.

4 VThis invention relatesto garters. A.More

particularly, this invention is directedrto a' improved method ofapplying a beaded ornainentation or trimming to an extensible body suchas a garter. y

Another object of the invention isto pro vide a garter with anornamental trimming of the character described comprising few and simpleparts, which is neat and artistic vin appearance to a high degree, andrelatively inexpensive to manufacture.

i Other objects of this invention will-in part .be obviousand in part`hereinafter pointed out. v

The inventionaccordingly' consists in the featuresfof construction,combinations of elements andarrangement of parts which will be`exemplified in the construction hereinafter described and of which thescope of application will be indicated in the following claims. s

In the accompanying drawing, in which is shown one of the variouspossible illustrative ,embodiments of this invention,

Fig. 111s' a-peispectiveview of a beaded ,garter embodying; theinvention;

Fig.2 is a cross-sectional view taken on line2-2in Fig, 1;

Fig. 3 is avfraginentary view of a stretched body portion' of the garterwith the beads applied thereto; and

' Fig. l is a perspective view showing one method of .applying thebeads. i Referring in detail tothe drawing, 10 denotes a garterembodying the invention having a body portion 10a comprising a backstrip 11, an overlying front layer 12, both of which are shirred, anelastic member 13 interposed between the two, and longitudinallyextending rows of stitches 14 for securing said strip, layer and membertogether as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Said strip and layer may be made of ribbons of silk or satin, or ofother suitable fabric. and the strip 11 is preferably formed of widermaterial than the layer 12 so that the edge portion 11a of the stripforms a ruching border for the layer. The body portion 10a of the garteras described above may be hand or machine made in any manner well knownin the art.

A dominant feature of the invention is the application of beadedrtrimming or ornaments tothe garter. In the form shown in the drawing,suitable beads 15 such as artificial pearls, orf the like, are strungpreferably singly on a non-elastic thread or String llb'and with the aidof a needle 17, eachbead is stitched individually to the frontlayer 12to conform with a desired artistic design D. (See Figs. 1 and 3.)

Olne method of'applying the beads 15 is to stitch all the beads from asingle thread 16 to the 'front layer 12 to conform with the design Dleaving one of the ends ofthe thread 16 unanclioied, `then to stretch'the body portion latoits practical maximum limit,

next to allowy said body portion if to return to its normal length, andthereafter to permanently anchor the free `end of the thread j to thebody portion@ Ihe step of stretching ofthebody portion-before finallyanchoring the ythread 4in the method fas .described above is effective*tov provide a little slack thread betweqi each bead afterthe bodyportion is returned to its retracted position. Thusfthe .extension ofthe Ibody lportion is in no way interfered `with `by the vunstretchableproperty of the thread and injury-to the'beaded ornamentation is avoidedsince thesaid slack eliminates the possi-bility of breakage ofthe 3thread when the garter is stretched on putting it on or taking off. i

i In Fig-4` 'sushownag second method en i body-ing the invention forapplying the'fbeaded ornamentation. Hereeach section of the body portionto which a bead is fastened isy stretched over the operators fingerswhen stitching the bead .to the front layer of the body portion. Thus alittle slack thread is `provided between adjacent beads when the odyportion is inits normally retracted position as in the case describedabove.

Still another method of providing slack thread between the beadsconsists of stretching the body portion over a form, stitching the beadsin position to the front layer, and then permitting the body portion toreturn to its normal retracted position, thereby providing a littleslack thread between the beads as described above.

After the thread has been permanently attached to the body portion,vthegarter may be finished by securing the ends together in any well knownmanner.

It will thus be seen that there is provided l a' device in which theseveral objects Iof this invention are achieved, and which is well lltlclaim as new and desire to secure by Let-4 ters Patent l. An article ofmanufacture comprising a garter' having a body portion formed to includean elasticv member interposed between a shirred backing strip and frontlayer and a trimming consisting of a thread, and beads strung on thethread, said beads being secured to the front layer, said thread having`a slack portion between adjacent beads to permit unrestricted extensionof the body portion.

2. An article of manufacture comprising a garter having a body portionformed with a backing strip, an overlying front layer, both strip andlayer being shirred, and an elastic member interposed between said stripand layer, and an ornamented trimming consisting of strung beadsindividually secured to said layer and slack fasteningmeans for saidbeads to permit unrestricted extension of the body portion. y

3. In an article of manufacture, an eXtensible body portion having ashirred outer layer, and an ornamental trimming comprising a thread andbeads strung on the thread and stitched to said layer, said threadhaving slack portions between the beads to permit unrestricted extensionof the body portion.

4. In an article of manufacture, the combination of an elongatedeXtensible body 'por tion having a shirred outer layer of relativelynon-elastic material, and a trimming comprising beads strung on a threadand secured toextend along said layer, said thread having a slack.portion between adjacent beads to permit unrestricted longitudinalstretch of said body.

5. In an article of manufacture, the combination of an elongatedextensible body portion having a shirred outer layer of relativelynon-elastic material, and a trimming comprising beads strung on a threadand secured to extend along said layer, said thread being non-elasticand having slack portions to permit unrestricted longitudinal stretch ofsaid body portion.

6. A garter comprising an elastic webbing of annularform, coveringfabric members of annular form attached to said webbing along thelongitudinal edges of the latter, said covering members being each of alength exceeding the normal inexpanded length of said webbing andprovided with transversely extending folds when said elastic webbing isin its normal inexpanded state, and an endless row of beads fastened bya thread to the outer one of said covering fabric members, said threadbeing passed alter nately through the last-mentioned covering member anda bead in the series, the'length of each portion of the thread betweenadjacent bead elements being vlonger than the distance between adjacentbead elements when the garter is in its normal inexpanded State.

7. An article of manufacture comprising a garter having an elongatedextensible body portion, a single thread, and beads strung on saidthread secured to the body portion, said thread having a slack portionbetween adjacent beads to permit unrestricted exten sion of the bodyport-ion.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature.

CHARLES B. NAMIOT.

